Pitch or Ditch for Friday, August 6

Pitch
or Ditch is a strategy for (ideally) daily mixed leagues in which you
pick up
starters on a day-to-day basis based on how well they are pitching and
their
upcoming matchups, then cut them in favor of new guys the next guy. The
concept
is that the shallower the league, the more quality starting pitching is
available on the free agent wire, so rather than drafting expensive
starters,
it’s better to build a strong offense and bullpen and let the free agent
wire
populate your starting staff during the season. As a bonus, a handful of
“PoD”
guys emerge each year as worth keeping all year long, like Jair Jurrjens
last
year or Cliff Lee in ’08.__________________________________________________________________________________PoD
chart July 23.pdf

ZACH’S PICKS

Danks @ BergesenLiriano @ GomezWeaver @ VerlanderBuchholz @ Vazquez – Normally I’d ditch on Vazquez here but BOS lineup now a shell of what it was on opening dayGarza @ Cecil – Cecil on quite a rollLee @ Braden – Braden coming off best start since perfecto but this is a tough matchupGreinke @ FrenchArroyo @ Gorzelanny – Bronson always boom or bust but take a look at his season numbers and you would be pleasantly surprisedHammel @ Duke – Hammel inconsistent lately but hard to say ditch hereWainwright @ Nolasco – Anyone notice that Mr. Nolasco is 7-2 with a 3.39 ERA and 1.00 WHIP over his last nine starts?Zito @ HansonNiese @ Blanton – Roll the dice on Niese vs. Howard-less Phils…Blanton a lot better lately but I need to see moreWandy @ Bush – The 411 congratulates on Wandy for resurrecting his seasonGarland @ D. Hudson – Garland terrible on the road…pitch on Hudson only if you’re braveLannan @ Kershaw

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Hey Gents,
Can you give me a formula? Math wasn’t my strongest subject. I’m trying to calculate what my staff ERA and WHIP can be for the remainder of the season given my leads in those categories. Right now, I have a 2.87 ERA and 1.17 WHIP. If I finish with a 3.50 ERA and 1.21 WHIP, I should still win those categories. I have 978 IP out of 1450 IP allowed.

I’m hoping I can comfortably trade Wainwright and Liriano for some bats to win it all, and continue on with the likes of Shields, Padilla, Hunter, Scherzer, streaming relievers and of course, POD!
Thanks!
Jeff in Berkeley

Ok with Santana out for year with knee injury..I picked up Torrealba but I’m wondering if Arencibia is a better option..
What do you think? Hopefully before everyone gets the hint and tries to pick him up!
Thanks
Josh

hey guys there are a few pitchers that are available on waivers i just used my #1 waiver proiority and got jaime garcia and dropped vin mazzaro for him was he warrent on using it on him and also some teams have dropped some pitchers latley tommy hunter wade davis and freddie garcia to name a few. in what order should i go after these guys and i will be will be dropping johnathen niese for them so is he the better play or one of the other guys i mentioned before for the rest of the season thanks again for the advice

Off the top of my head, I don’t know of a formula but I’ll see if I can figure it out and create one.
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chowcroft,

Scott is a tempting pickup but LaRoche is also red hot and has a long history of outstanding production during the season’s latter months. He’d be my pick.
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Jeff,

I don’t like the trade either but I still couldn’t veto it. Remember, Pavano’s enjoying an ace-caliber season so it’s not like the second team is giving up two scrub pitchers. As long as there’s no evidence of collusion, the deal is within the realm of acceptability.
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Josh,

I’d first take a flier on Arencibia just to beat everyone else to the punch. See how he does and worst case scenario you just cut him and pick up Torrealba, who will likely still be available.
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mtnman,

I’d rather have Stanton. Gordon has been given multiple chances to stick in the big leagues and has yet to take advantage. This is Stanton’s first go-around and it looks like he could be in line for a strong finish. I’ll take my chances on the fresh player who is steadily improving.

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